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Europe doubts Microsoft's 'genuine' interoperability

The European Commission has expressed doubt over Microsoft's announcement claiming a move toward greater interoperability. Read more »

Microsoft hit by interoperability accusations

ECIS has accused Microsoft of acting unfairly, but the software giant says the group is just a front for old foe IBM. Read more »

Office 2007 to support ODF and PDF

Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS). Read more »

Microsoft releases more XAML details

Microsoft on Tuesday made more technical information available for XAML, a language for designing the user interface of Web and Windows applications. Read more »

Web business standard gets thumbs up

A Web standards body has published a series of definitions that could make it easier for big companies to share business documents. Read more »

South African government adopts ODF

The South African government said on Tuesday that it is to adopt Open Document Format as its preferred standard for software interoperability. Read more »

EC reluctant to back OpenDocument

The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups. Read more »

Standards group tackles XML documents

An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents. Read more »

Novell to support Microsoft Office documents

Novell said on Monday in the US it is participating in an open-source project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice.org customers to work with Microsoft Office documents. Read more »

Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument

A group of software developers have created a program to make Microsoft Office work with files in the OpenDocument format. Read more »

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Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates

Bill Gates has left the building and the question on many people's lips is: will Microsoft change as a result? What influence will Steve Ballmer have and how will the company's strategy alter without Gates? Read more »

XMLSpy makes editing XML docs a breeze

XMLSpy 5 is an easy-to-use tool that simplifies the process of manipulating XML documents. This latest release also sports a graphical Web services interface for working with WSDL files. Read more »

Microsoft not yet open for business

The most impressive aspect of Microsoft's statement on Thursday in favour of caring and sharing wasn't in anything the company said. It was the speed at which the world, or that part of it not in a commercial relationship with Microsoft, digested the information and replied: Heard it before. Not good enough. Read more »

Standardise workflow data with Wf-XML

Many organisations strive to reduce costs by streamlining their business processes. One method that helps improve process management is workflow automation. Read more »

Open source: More than just free beer

In response to a recent article questioning the motives of governments that use open source technology, Australian commentator Con Zymaris hits back at Andrew Parsons' anti-open source stance. Read more »

XML--where do we go from here?

What if every bit of data in every computer included instructions about its content that would allow any other computer to interact with it? There are signs of real progress, if not revolution. Read more »

Where's the simplicity in Web services?

Has Web services, the technology intended to simplify programming, gotten too complex? Learn how REST (Representational State Transfer) makes things a bit easier. Read more »

Web services group focuses on security

A group working to ensure the compatibility of Web services software is preparing to tackle its biggest challenge yet: security. Read more »

Will open source kill off the CMS money pit?

Open source gurus comment on content management system enterprise adoption, the effects of OSS, and understanding community goals. Read more »

Determine needs now to avoid problems later

User requirements form the building blocks for IT projects. Use these best practices to help identify user needs early in the project lifecycle. Read more »

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